A Runner’s Thoughts: “We become what we love, and who we love shapes what we become. Imitating Christ means becoming the image of the beloved.” (St. Clare of Assisi)
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A Runner’s Thoughts: “It is not dutiful observance that keeps us from sin, but something far greater: it is love. And this love is not something which we develop by our own powers alone. It is a sublime gift of the divine mercy, and the fact that we live in the realization of this mercy and this gift is the greatest source of growth for our love and for our holiness.” (Thomas Merton)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.” (Hal Higdon)
A Runner’s Thoughts: In the spirituality of living - The miracle is not that we live each day. The miracle is that we have the courage to start and bring God with us each day! (Adapted from a quote by John Bingham)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Faith is powerful to do all things, for nothing is impossible to the believer; faith makes all things attainable and possible.” (St. Mary of Agreda)
A Runner’s Thoughts: From the Morning Prayer of the Church today – “Father, creator of unfailing light, give that same light to those who call to you. May our lips praise you; our lives proclaim your goodness; our works give you honor, and our voices celebrate you forever.”
A Runner’s Thoughts: “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.” (Meister Eckhart)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “When we fail, we are merely joining the great parade of humanity that has walked ahead of us and will follow after us.” (Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “[We] do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What [we] need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” (Thomas Merton)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there.” (Meister Eckhart0
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Fr. Paul R. Fagan, C.P. "Preacher on the Run!"A thought from time to time about Running and Life! Archives
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